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Junior Backend Software Engineer (Python or PHP) - Chicago - ONSITE 2X Week

Comcast · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$93k–$140k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes job summary, responsibilities, skills, salary, benefits, education, experience. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to parse content: Job Summary: description of company and role. Could be "About the role". Use

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      . Pay: Salary Illinois Pay Range: $93,016.32 - $139,524.48. Also mention base pay within range. So we can have

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      containing that. Benefits: mention "Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees." Also mention total rewards, bonus, etc. So we can include Benefits section. Schedule: mention "Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary." Also "Regular, consistent and punctual attendance." So we can have Schedule section. Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred. Could be under Qualifications? The instruction says use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Qualifications maybe for education and experience. Requirements maybe for experience? We need to decide. We have "Relevant Work Experience 2-5 Years". That's a requirement. Also Education Bachelor's Degree. So we can put those under Qualifications (or Requirements). Since we have both, we could put Education under Qualifications and Experience under Requirements. Or combine. We must not create sections with filler. So we include only those with content. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (experience), Qualifications (education), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Check if any content missing: "Other duties and responsibilities as assigned." Already in responsibilities list? Could add as bullet. Also "Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance." etc. Those are responsibilities. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each bullet from responsibilities list. Let's extract responsibilities bullets: - Writing and maintaining efficient code for software components, adhering to best practices in development - Supporting the design and development of new software applications aligned with business objectives - Implementing testing frameworks for software validation, including unit and integration tests, to ensure quality - Documenting the software development process, including design and deployment procedures, to facilitate knowledge sharing - Analyzing software integration needs and planning system architecture to meet technical specifications - Reviewing current practices and technical literature to inform project solutions and applying engineering methodologies - Working with Quality Assurance to ensure applications meet technical requirements and fit specifications - Troubleshooting software issues, providing resolutions to enhance application performance and user satisfaction - Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance. - Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary. - Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Also there is a block about Employees at all levels are expected to: Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job. Own the customer experience... etc. Those are more like company values; could be part of About the role or maybe separate but not a standard heading. Could include in About the role as prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, so we should include that as part of About the role paragraph. Also "Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications." That's boilerplate; we should remove per instruction: remove boilerplate. Also "Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace..." remove. Also "The application window is 30 days..." remove (application instructions). Also "Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details." remove. Also "Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards..." maybe keep as part of Benefits? It's about benefits. Could keep. We need to include Benefits: "Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life." Also mention base pay part of total rewards, bonus, etc. We'll keep that. Now schedule: "Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary." Also "Regular, consistent and punctual attendance." Already in responsibilities but we can also put schedule. We need to avoid duplication? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the sentence even if appears elsewhere. Could include in Schedule section. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft:

      About the role

      FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world. FreeWheel’s mission is to build great advertising software. We offer the most extensible and transparent advertising buying platform in the world, operating at a massive global scale. We don’t just operate a Demand Side Platform (DSP) – we are the platform that powers hundreds of DSPs! As a result, we process trillions of transactions to satisfy millions of dollars’ worth of advertising campaigns every month. Our employees enjoy a culture of transparency and one with many challenging problems to solve. We value moving fast, building high-quality reliable software, and supporting each other in the service of driving success for our customers’ businesses. Buyer Cloud (formerly Beeswax) is responsible for building and maintaining the services necessary to set up, configure, manage, monitor, and execute DSP digital real-time bidding campaigns. The App team focuses on APIs, support tools, and ad serving systems, supporting FreeWheel Engineering by enabling efficient and scalable programmatic advertising operations. We are seeking a Backend Python Developer to join our team. In this role, you will design, develop, and integrate backend solutions that support business needs and solve moderately complex technical challenges. You will contribute throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, development, testing, deployment, and application integration. You will apply engineering best practices to deliver high-quality, reliable software and help improve system performance and operational excellence. Working collaboratively with teammates, you will participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to maintaining strong engineering standards across the team. Employees at all levels are expected to: Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job. Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services. Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences. Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas. Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers. Drive results and growth. Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead. Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

      Then Responsibilities:

      Responsibilities

      • Writing and maintaining efficient code for software components, adhering to best practices in development
      • Supporting the design and development of new software applications aligned with business objectives
      • Implementing testing frameworks for software validation, including unit and integration tests, to ensure quality
      • Documenting the software development process, including design and deployment procedures, to facilitate knowledge sharing
      • Analyzing software integration needs and planning system architecture to meet technical specifications
      • Reviewing current practices and technical literature to inform project solutions and applying engineering methodologies
      • Working with Quality Assurance to ensure applications meet technical requirements and fit specifications
      • Troubleshooting software issues, providing resolutions to enhance application performance and user satisfaction
      • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
      • Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
      • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
      Then Requirements (experience):

      Requirements

      Relevant Work Experience: 2-5 Years

      Then Qualifications (education):

      Qualifications

      Education: Bachelor's Degree (preferred; Comcast may consider applicants with equivalent coursework/experience or extensive related professional experience)

      Then Skills:

      Skills

      • Collaboration
      • Willingness to Learn
      • Software Development
      Then Benefits:

      Benefits

      Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus.

      Then Pay:

      Pay

      Illinois Pay Range: $93,016.32 - $139,524.48 (Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience).

      Then Schedule:

      Schedule

      Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary. Regular, consistent and punctual attendance is expected.

      Check duplication: schedule bullet already in responsibilities; but we keep both as per preserving all info. Might be considered duplication but instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; not to remove duplicates unless they are boilerplate/duplicated lines. It says "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. The schedule line appears both in responsibilities and schedule. That's a duplicated line. We should remove one occurrence. Which to keep? Probably keep in Responsibilities as it's part of duties, and remove separate Schedule section? But schedule is a heading we may include only if there is real specific content not already covered. Since the schedule info is already in responsibilities, we could omit Schedule section to avoid duplication. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could drop Schedule section. But we also have "Regular, consistent and punctual attendance." which is also in responsibilities. So schedule content is fully covered. So we can omit Schedule section. Similarly, Benefits section includes base pay info; Pay section includes salary range.

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